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   "text": "The hybrid model falls short of full community co-governance because it relies on a select group of experts for data validation and therefore may not capture the diverse perspectives and expertise of the broader community.",
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   "text": "The feedback effects that make community governance of federated learning work will not materialize unless expert community members are selected coherently, making coherent expert selection a precondition of the mechanism rather than an optional refinement.",
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   "text": "Kaal advocates an ex-ante governance approach within Web3 frameworks in which community coordinated regulatory measures and oversight mechanisms are set during the development phase of AI technologies rather than imposed after deployment.",
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   "text": "Kaal's proposed answer to the decentralized governance needs of AI is to implement Decentralized Autonomous Organizations that govern AI through expert community consensus.",
   "abstract": "One promising way to address the decentralized governance needs of AI pertains to the implementation of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) for the governance of AI through expert community consensus.",
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